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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Children in the Qur’an and Sunnah Chapter 1: Family 1.1: The Forming of a Family 1. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “What is it that prevents a believer from forming a family?! It might be that Allah may grant him some children who will bring value to the earth by [saying] ‘There is no god but Allah’.”[^1] 2. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The best among my ummah are the married ones, and the unmarried are the worst ones of my ummah .”[^2] 3.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “There is nothing built in Islam more loved by Allah the Exalted than marriage.”[^3] 4. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Establish a family, as it will increase your sustenance.”[^4] بِناءُ الأُسرَةِ .1رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ما يَمنَعُ المُؤمِنَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ أهلًا، لَعَلَّ اللهَ أن يَرزُقَهُ نَسَمةً تُثقِلُ الأَرضَ بِلا إلهَ إلَّا اللهُ. .2عنه صلى الله عليه وآله: خِيارُ امَّتِي المُتَأَهِّلونَ، و شِرارُ امَّتِي العُزّابُ.

.3عنه صلى الله عليه وآله: ما بُنِيَ بِناءٌ فِي الإِسلامِ أحَبُّ إلَى اللهِ تَعالى مِنَ التَّزويجِ. .4عنه صلى الله عليه وآله: اتَّخِذُوا الأَهلَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ أَرزَقُ لَكُم. 1.2: Seeking to have a Child 5. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Seek in wanting and having a child, for it is the source of comfort and the happiness of the heart.”[^5] 6. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “None of you should give up seeking to have a child, for when a person dies without having a child, his name will discontinue.”[^6] 7.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “A house that does not have children does not have blessings.”[^7] 8. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “There is no child born in a family without the family gaining honour they did not previously enjoy.”[^8] 9. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The scent of a child is a breeze from Paradise.”[^9] 10. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “A child for a father is a sweet-basil from Allah which he smells, and He has distributed it among His worshippers.”[^10] 11.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “A child is the fruit of the heart, and indeed it is the source of fear, envy and sorrow.”[^11] 12. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Verily, everything has a fruit, and the fruit of one’s heart is his child.”[^12] 13.

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